Good Morning! I'm awake way too early, so I get to spend a little time with my friends!
Debbie, I know I said I loved your pics, but your Elizabeth is beautiful, BTW! She looks like you. Like Kara said, you'll have to keep an eye on her!
Erin, we use the standard DDP, as opposed to the premium, as we wouldn't eat that much food. Its a little less of a bargain than it was before, but we used it last year, and Jim is really set on using it again next year. The cost this year is $37.99/night registered for each adult in the room (adults being over age 9) It's 10.99/day for each child over 3. Everyone on your reservation has to buy it if anyone is going to have it. I guess there are pros and cons.
Pros: - You can budget ahead for your meals.
- You can eat at nice sit down dinners with (mostly) great food, and
- not worry about what you are spending at each meal.
- You can do HDDR or Cindy's Table, or the Luau at the Poly for 2 TS
without breaking the bank, especially for a large group.
- You can find more healthy choices.
- We had 2 days OOP last trip - spent an extra $125 being not on
the meal plan. (That was when there were 2 snacks and appy and
tips included)
Cons: - Removal of the appetizer so you pay OOP for salad or appy. We'd
rather have the salad than dessert.
- They add in 18% gratuity to your room charge - it was included.
- That means the CMs are free to give you crappy service and still
tipped pretty well.
- If you want a TS meal, you have to make an ADR and plan your
day round it - this was a biggie for us, but I think it's true of anyone
who wants TS.
- Although you can use snack credits for breakfast items and eat in
the room, it is a little confusing to keep track of snacks.
- We found that when we wanted to buy water or ice cream in the
parks with snack credits, the "system" was always down, but they
could take cash
My friend in the UK told me that they market to you "across the ponders"
quite heavily for the fall and winter season, as your pounds go so much farther than the dollar here. I would think with the high cost of fuel, there will be less people flying and they will be making good offers. So, you may get a code, or at least a really good offer. Just keep logging in and do a fake vacation planning on the site - that might help. I got a post card once with a good offer on it - we just weren't going yet, then someone else paid for our trip, then we bought DVC.
Oh, and we can't get
free dining with DVC. We pay handsomely for those points throughout the year, but I guess once they're paid off, the stay is free from then on. I guess they know we will be back no matter what. You can look on the DVC boards for people to rent points from - be careful and do some research, some people have gotten scammed over there.
Kara, can't wait to see what new creature is torturing you. You will get pretty numb to it after awhile - that's how I became in Okinawa - hope that helps.
Oh, if you girls haven't seen, my shirt are on my TR - I have one more to iron - Lindsay made me one to wear on my birthday at Goofy's Kitchen. Kara, we can't stop making shirts - she made another one for Londynn that says she's turning one, which she is in July, and another Goofy shirt for Myles. Now she is making grad shirts for her and mark, cuz we shoud celebrate that. Now we don't know what Jim should wear - we were thinking about making him a big Grumpy shirt and putting letters on the back that say, "I'm grumpy cuz they all live with me!"
I think that hurt is feelings, though.
Jillian and Renee, hope you're both feeling better!
I thought Sewer was a plumber at first, too! I always have to stop and say, "no its Sew er"
Cammie, glad the shoes came in. Now get them in the suitcase already!
Pam, are you all packed up?
I love purses, too. My DSIL actually sells some great knock offs that she gets from some supplier in CA. I'm sure he gets them in Mexico or something. The D&B and Coach have great fabric that's embroidered, and nice hardware, leather, etc. They have the tags and numbers, etc. I look them up on line sometimes to make sure they look like the real deal. I think sometimes they are factory seconds. She has purse parties and she sells like hotcakes. Her partner is a legal assistant, and she tells us that they are legal as long as they are advertised as pretenders. My MIL just gave me a really cute "Gucci" for my birthday! I know you can still look close and know they aren't real, but I'm having fun with them. I'll have to look a couple of the latest ones up and show you. The purses are starting to take over my closet, however - You have to have a dress code to get in there now
Happy Tuesday everyone! I'd better think about getting up, I have alot to do today!
Hope you are feeling better soon.
I'm trying to catch up on reading the pages and pages of posts that I've missed.
Hope everyone is doing well...
Excuse me now while I go have an incredibly huge hissy fit (before my children get home!)
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especially at the moment with maple syrup all over it!!!
